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the treillages of their huts, are covered with very fine 
Turkey carpets. They appear really to enjoy all the 
ease and pleasure of a pastoral life. It is among these 
people exclusively that models should be sought of 
those shepherds so often sung by the poets. 
Monday, 5th October. 
It was near eight o'clock when I set out towards the 
N.W. over a country consisting of barren hills, and 
afterwards over a wide uncultivated plain; at eleven 
o'clock I passed through a miserable village, the houses 
of which are small and built of earth; four hours after- 
wards having crossed a river by a bridge, I entered 
Erehli, a town situated in the middle of a very fine 
district interspersed with gardens, on the left bank of 
the river, which runs to the north-east, and not upon 
the right bank, as indicated in the map of Arrowsmith. 
This town is tolerably large, but the houses are ugly, 
and constructed with earth or bricks dried in the sun; 
as is the case throughout all Caramania. The gardens, 
on the other hand, are very fine, and yield much fruit, 
particularly large and excellent pears. The approach to 
Erehli on the north is a superb alley planted with lofty 
poplars, and refreshed by canals on each side. 
Tuesday, 6th October. 
We left this place a little after seven in the morning, 
in a northerly direction, and traversed some large 
meadows covered with cattle, among which were many 
buffaloes. I remarked some small circular houses with 
flat roofs. After nine o'clock I left at my right hand the 
village of Hartan, situated upon the left bank of a small 
river. 
Passing from thence to the W.N.W. and afterwards 
